Group 1 Discussion July 22- BE SURE TO LIST YOUR NAME AND SCHOOL IN THE TITLE OF YOUR POST SO THAT STUDENTS CAN RESPOND CORRECTLY ACCORDING TO SCHOOL
Readings and discussion questions for this week:
Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Mother's Love: Death Without Weeping (Birth and Death).
How do poor Brazilian mothers react to their infants' illnesses and death? How do other institutions, such as church, clinic, and civil authorities respond?
What does the indifference of mothers to the deaths of their children say about basic human nature, especially the mother-child bond?
Jeffrey M. Fish, Mixed Blood (Social Groups and Social Stratification)
What is the difference between the way race is defined in the United States and in Brazil? Is it possible to translate the Brazilian system of race into the US' system of race?
Why does Fish feel it is important to understand that race, as Americans define it, does not represent a biological reality? What evidence challenges the view that races are biologically defined types? What evidence would have to exist to prove that the human species is genetically divided into races?
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BE SURE TO LIST YOUR NAME AND SCHOOL IN THE TITLE OF YOUR POST SO THAT STUDENTS CAN RESPOND CORRECTLY ACCORDING TO SCHOOL
Readings and discussion questions for this week:
Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Mother's Love: Death Without Weeping (Birth and Death).
Jeffrey M. Fish, Mixed Blood (Social Groups and Social Stratification)
Click on the discussion tab to post your responses.